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Word: outfitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Psycho reports that she's starting a group of her own in Somerville. The outfit will be called Romper Room and if it ever gets off the ground, you can bet Psycho will cover a few of Burma's big hits...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Mission Impossible | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

...Japanese softball association ruled that his bats could not be used in tournament play. Reason: the label stamped on them supposedly made them defective. Companies selling products in aerosol spray cans complain that their cans must be 25% thicker in Japan than anywhere else in the world. Moreover, the outfit that inspects the incoming aerosol products is a prime Japanese spray-can maker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tempers Rising over Trade | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

...strength that almost deflects attention from its flaws. The dead man is Technical Sergeant Vernon C. Waters (Adolph Caesar), a regular Army, "all Army" noncom who fought in World War I. The time is 1944; the place Fort Neal, La. Apart from its white officers, this is a black outfit consigned to menial and, sometimes, degrading tasks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Color Line | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...personal star, twinkling in the night, there to gaze at and wish upon, guiding one's fortunes: it hardly seems possible. But it really is, at least according to an enterprising Toronto-based outfit called the International Star Registry. Founded by Canadian Advertising Man Ivor Downie, 44, the company will assign a name, any respectable name, including those of rock and royalty, to a star in any requested constellation for a $30 fee (credit cards accepted). As proof of the cosmic christening, the registry sends back a star-spangled certificate with the orb's new name inscribed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Stellar Idea or Cosmic Scam? | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

Ever' time Dolly walks onto the set in some wild new outfit, the boys in the crew start howlin' like prairie wolves. Dolly, though, she takes it in stride. In the movie she looks down at her front porch and says, "I can't balance these things, let alone get up on my toes. If I fell down, they'd have to milk me to get me up." As for her own overripe body, Dolly repeats Joan Rivers' joke about her "Orson Welles designer jeans" and shrugs and smiles and says, "My fat never made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Whorehouse goes Hollywood | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

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